2026 Q1 Area and Annual Critical Infrastructure Budget Vote
2026 Q1 Area and Annual Critical Infrastructure Budgets Vote
Sponsorship
Andrew Locke (Sponsor)
Nick Hawley (Co-Sponsor)
Jennie Plasterer (Co-Sponsor)
James Lamken (Co-Sponsor)
Andrew Wingate (Co-Sponsor)
Dates
12/2/2025 - announced, maybe
12/4/2025 - Language locked
12/9/2025 - Vote of the membership on this budget - Voting Opens
12/16/2025 - Vote of the membership on this budget - Vote Closes
Background
This year of 2025 over $446k YTD ($486k, anticipated) came in. In 2026, I expect about $500k. Some of that money has to be spent on things such as rent and electricity and some of it the membership gets to decide how to spend it, but not the amounts reserved for the building and budgetary buffer in the case of unexpected expenses.
PS1 History lesson:
At first, everything was a member vote, even things like "pay the rent"
At some point it was decided this was ridiculous and the board was given the authority to make sure the rent got paid. And other things we can call Operational Expenses. Make sure PS1 continued to exist such that there was a place and the bare necessities. Anything optional required a vote.
Reimburse Patrick for the lamp $153.74 - Passed [Board_Meeting_Notes_2011-05-17]
Which was fine as there wasn't enough money to buy lots of things, and everyone knew that, so there were not very many votes to buy things.
As PS1 grew, there was more money to spend, which meant more votes. Great!
At some point it was decided to consolidate: Each Area Host could run a vote and get a budget for the year. [citation needed]
And later it was decided to consolidate all these votes into one big budget vote, and here we are.
There does not have to be any money allocated for additional votes, and as the organizations financial position changes we will have more or less money to work with.
The budget spreadsheet is to help predict, but not define how money will be spent. Only what is in the language of this vote does.
Goals
1) Fund PS1 through the first quarter as building owners
2) Replenish funds for other emergency expenses such as health and safety, building maintenance/improvements/code compliance, and city occupancy as building owners
3) Authorize the Board to spend money on normal administrative expenses not already authorized by the bylaws
4) Predict expenditures based on a conservative membership model that shows 0% growth based on this November membership
5) Operate conservatively during quarter 1 of 2026 after spending $250k on the building in December 2025.
All the numbers: 2026 Budget worksheet
We bought the building!
All budget breakdowns can be found here.
| Budget Section | Amount | Section Lead |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative and Operational | $250,000.00 | The Pumping Station: One Board of Directors |
| General Operations Team | $29,023.00 | Andrew Morris |
| Technology Equipment | $5,500 | Sky Nova |
| Total | $265,691.16 |
| Area | Amount | Area Host |
|---|---|---|
| 2D Printing | $983.98 | Davis Sayer |
| 3D CNC | $7,800.00 | Matthew Keith |
| Lasers CNC | $3,000.00 | Jordan Kessel |
| Industrial CNC | $1,050.00 | Adam Molski |
| Cold Metals | $2,295.00 | Dave Solomon |
| Electronics | $500.00 | Andrew Wingate |
| Graphic Arts and Textiles | $200.00 | Lydia Miller |
| Hot Metals | $3,500.00 | Ron Olson |
| Kitchen | $300.00 | John Jegerski |
| Small Metals | $550.00 | Alan Insley |
| Woodshop | $3,000.00 | Sam Paris |
| Total | $22,678.98 |
Budget total: $288,370.14
Language of the Vote
This vote is to authorize the critical infrastructure budget for the fiscal year of 2026, which goes into effect January 1, 2026 and expires December 31, 2026 and area budgets for quarter 1 of the fiscal year of 2026, which goes into effect January 1, 2026 and expires March 31, 2026.
The following expenditures and allocations are approved by this budget:
Quarter 1:
Authorize the board to spend up to $983.98 to cover 2D Printing expenditures for quarter 1 of the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the area host. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 3-31-2026.
Authorize the board to spend up to $7,800.00 to cover 3D CNC expenditures for quarter 1 of the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the area host. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 3-31-2026.
Authorize the board to spend up to $3,000.00 to cover Lasers CNC expenditures for quarter 1 of the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the area host. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 3-31-2026.
Authorize the board to spend up to $1,050.00 to cover Industrial CNC expenditures for quarter 1 of the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the area host. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 3-31-2026.
Authorize the board to spend up to $2,295.00 to cover Cold Metals expenditures for quarter 1 of the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the area host. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 3-31-2026.
Authorize the board to spend up to $500.00 to cover Electronics expenditures for quarter 1 of the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the area host. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 3-31-2026.
Authorize the board to spend up to $200.00 to cover Graphic Arts and Textiles expenditures for quarter 1 of the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the area host. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 3-31-2026.
Authorize the board to spend up to $3,500.00 to cover Hot Metals eexpenditures for quarter 1 of the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the area host. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 3-31-2026.
Authorize the board to spend up to $300.00 to cover Kitchen expenditures for quarter 1 of the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the area host. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 3-31-2026.
Authorize the board to spend up to $550.00 to cover Small Metals eexpenditures for quarter 1 of the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the area host. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 3-31-2026.
Authorize the board to spend up to $3,000.00 to cover Woodshop expenditures for quarter 1 of the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the area host. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 3-31-2026.
Annual:
Authorize the board to spend up to $250,000.00 to cover administrative and emergency expenditures for the fiscal year of 2026.
Authorize the board to spend up to $29,023.00 to cover General Operations Team expenditures for the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the General Operations Team Lead. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 12-31-2026.
Authorize the board to spend up to $5,500.00 to cover Technology Equipment expenditures for the fiscal year of 2026. The board assigns this spending authority to the CTO. This spending authorization goes into effect 1-1-2026 and expires 12-31-2026.
Establish an emergency building reserve of $60,000.00 for expenses that are above and beyond traditional operational expenses; to be contributed to on a monthly basis until the $60,000.00 is reached.
The board can disburse all or a portion the money in this account by a supermajority vote (at least 75% vote of the Board in favor).
This vote retracts the requirement of the 2025 budget vote to replenish the contingency fund prior to any member votes being run.
This vote cancels the building fund vote to set aside $15k per month as the building has been purchased.
Results
- Date of Vote - 12/16/25
- Quorum: 73
- For: 79
- Against: 3
- Abstain: 1
